setNames
Set the Names in an Object
This is a convenience function that sets the names on an object and returns the object. It is most useful at the end of a function definition where one is creating the object to be returned and would prefer not to store it under a name just so the names can be assigned.
- Keywords
- list
Usage
setNames(object = nm, nm)Arguments
- object
- an object for which a
namesattribute will be meaningful - nm
- a character vector of names to assign to the object
Value
-
An object of the same sort as
object with the new names assigned.
See Also
unname for removing names.
Examples
library(stats)
setNames( 1:3, c("foo", "bar", "baz") )
# this is just a short form of
tmp <- 1:3
names(tmp) <- c("foo", "bar", "baz")
tmp
## special case of character vector, using default
setNames(nm = c("First", "2nd"))
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